THE NEW FAR EAST
CHAPTER I
A STARTING POINT
Some Premises of the New Far Eastern Question — Nothing Fundamental Settled by the Russo-Japanese War — Injection of a New Element — Relation of Publicity to Prevalent Western Opinion — The British and Japanese Propagandas — Their Method and Results Analyzed — Attitude of the American Press — Real Issues of the Late War — Importance to the Western World of a Clear Knowledge of the Facts and Understanding of the Issues — An Effort Toward Sanity.
THE apparent disposition of the Western press and peoples to regard the making of peace between Russia and Japan as having considerably advanced the Far Eastern question toward a satisfactory settlement must have impressed even the casual observer.
One needs, then, a strong conviction and a fairly well fortified opinion to advance the suggestion that, far from settling the Far Eastern question, the peace leaves it in almost as unsettled a state as before hostilities began. This should not be conBtmed as meaning that nothing has been ac-
